Iphone 5 battery 50% overnight (idle)

Hello
i live in europe and bought my iphone 5 brand new off ebay verizon model 16gb.
i'm experiencing extremely fast battery drainz0r.
I did restore a backup to it using itunes from my old iphone 4 and i understand that there are several issues floating around with i5's battery but mine drains 1% in like every 3 minutes. And it does it while i'm sleeping and the iphone's idle.

It came on iOS 6.0.1 and i don't want to clean restore or do the reset all settings trick just yet cause musclenerd said not to update to 6.0.2 and i kinda want my untethered when it comes.

Obv turning wifi/gps/loc serv and stuff off is not an acceptable solution we needz the stuff

Can the battery of an iphone be faulty? I can't return it and we don't have an official apple store where i am.

Hello
i live in europe and bought my iphone 5 brand new off ebay verizon model 16gb.
i'm experiencing extremely fast battery drainz0r.
I did restore a backup to it using itunes from my old iphone 4 and i understand that there are several issues floating around with i5's battery but mine drains 1% in like every 3 minutes. And it does it while i'm sleeping and the iphone's idle.

It came on iOS 6.0.1 and i don't want to clean restore or do the reset all settings trick just yet cause musclenerd said not to update to 6.0.2 and i kinda want my untethered when it comes.

Obv turning wifi/gps/loc serv and stuff off is not an acceptable solution we needz the stuff

Can the battery of an iphone be faulty? I can't return it and we don't have an official apple store where i am.

Suggestions please?
Thank you

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It's certainly possible that you have a faulty battery. How long ago did you purchase the iPhone online? Did the seller mention any battery problems associated with the phone before you bought it? Before your iOS upgrade/restore, were you experiencing any problems with battery drainage?

It is rare but yes, it is possible to have a faulty battery. Your best chance right now would probably be to call apple and ask if they can run a diagonostic test to see if your battery is faulty. If they say the battery is faulty or if they refuse to service your phone since you're in a different country from where the phone was originally purchased, you will probably have to go to a third party to replace the battery.

Edit: I understand your concern for not wanting to upgrade to iOS 6.0.2. But at this point, your phone is not exactly usable so it doesn't hurt to do a clean restore to iOS 6.0.2 and see if it fixes the problem. You can try to clean restore to iOS 6.0.1 and see if apple is still signing for that version

1% drain every 10 minutes sounds great. You'll be lucky to even get 1 hr every 10% of battery life, in my opinion

However, losing 50% battery overnight is not normal. Try closing all applications before going to sleep at night and see if that helps your battery drain overnight. Double click the home button, hold the icons until it wiggles, click the red minus sign to close the apps

Make sure you turn off your time zone to set automatically. It makes no sense for your phone to use GPS to check your time zone when you practically don't travel/commute far enough to make a difference

@mobilehaathi
Ok i miscalculated 1% every 10 min.
But still isn't that too much?

@snowleopard osx it came sealed i didn't ask him how long he had it before he put it up on sale.
The thing is i didn't check it much i almost immediately restored

@darricksailo i'm already itching to clean restore to 6.0.2 yes

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1% every 10 minutes = 1000 minutes/60 ~ 16.6 hours of iPad use -- that's about standard, especially if your\ brightness is set to 100% and you're doing things on your iPad that consume a lot of battery.

1% every 10 minutes = 1000 minutes/60 ~ 16.6 hours of iPad use -- that's about standard, especially if your\ brightness is set to 100% and you're doing things on your iPad that consume a lot of battery.

1% every 10 minutes = 1000 minutes/60 ~ 16.6 hours of iPad use -- that's about standard, especially if your\ brightness is set to 100% and you're doing things on your iPad that consume a lot of battery.

1% every 3 minutes doesn't sound good, though.

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i'm talking about an iphone 5
and thats 50% in 8.3 hours while idle not while in use
my brightness is set to auto and 45%

My phone drained about 30-40% overnight the other day when I forgot to plug it in. I tend to accumulate emails overnight, and each receipt turns my screen on thus draining battery. Inevitably I have other tasks that eat away that I don't think of at the moment.

Is it possible you have a similar set up? Do you have apps that update all night, grab data, turn on the screen, etc?

@darricksailo battery drain while in usage is much better than when idling isn't this bizarre? I mean it's still going faster than my iphone 4 did but not as fast like when it's idling

I found out apple is still signing 6.0.1 or at least did for sure until last night so i m going to try and clean restore it to 6.0.1 again. i have the A1429 model do i download the iPhone5,2_6.0.1_10A525_Restore.ipsw (CDMA) or (GSM) iPhone5,1_6.0.1_10A525_Restore.ipsw firm?

@mobilehaathi i do, gmail, facebook messenger, twitter, mail every 30 mins (only badges) and banners/badges on ebay app. Still the activity overnight is not that much to justify that much drainage. I think only banners turn the screen on while it's asleep.

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